ppl. a. [f. ENERVATE v. + -ED1.] That is deprived of nerve and strength; lit. and fig.; effeminate, weakly.

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1660.  Jer. Taylor, Duct. Dubit., I. iv. Wks. IX. 162. The gods which they worshipped, those poor enervated demons.

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1727.  Pope, etc. Martin. Scriblerus, vi. (1741), 43 (J.). Their enervated Lords are lolling in their chariots.

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1841.  Emerson, Addr., Man the Ref., Wks. (Bohn), II. 241. The enervated and sickly habits of the literary class.

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